Citation

Brunet A, Boyer R, Weiss DS, Marmar CR. Can. J. Behav. Sci. 2001; 33(2): 97-102.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2001, Canadian Psychological Association, Publisher Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1037/h0087132

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The effect of initial trauma on the symptomatic response to a subsequent trauma was investigated in a cross-sectional study of urban bus drivers. Comparisons were made among 175 drivers (mean age 42.2 yrs) who had developed either high or low symptoms of %PTSD% as a result of the initial trauma, and a third group exposed to only a single trauma. The group with high levels Of PTSD symptoms after the initial trauma reported high PTSD symptoms for a subsequent trauma (75%) significantly more often than the other two groups who did not differ from each other (Low PTSD symptoms group 49%, No prior trauma group 41 %). These results suggest that unless trauma exposure leads to significant PTSD symptoms, it is not a risk factor for high PTSD symptoms after exposure to a subsequent traumatic event. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords

Drivers; Emotional Responses; Emotional Trauma; Posttraumatic Stress Disorder